$660 ▲ +52.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $433
- 2016: $541
- 2021: $660
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Tweed Heads · Suburb / Locality
Income in Tweed Heads
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes of $1,487 are well below the state and national figures, marking Tweed Heads as an area where typical earnings are low. This financial trend is seen across the board, from individual pay to total household budgets.
$1,138
▲ +52.5%
- $500–$607: 251 areas
- $607–$714: 144 areas
- $714–$821: 425 areas
- $821–$929: 720 areas
- $929–$1,036: 656 areas
- $1,036–$1,143: 1059 areas
- $1,143–$1,250: 924 areas
- $1,250–$1,357: 1035 areas
- $1,357–$1,464: 1449 areas
- $1,464–$1,571: 885 areas
- $1,571–$1,679: 1023 areas
- $1,679–$1,786: 697 areas
- $1,786–$1,893: 1085 areas
- $1,893–$2,000: 633 areas
- $2,000–$2,107: 664 areas
- $2,107–$2,214: 622 areas
- $2,214–$2,321: 678 areas
- $2,321–$2,429: 379 areas
- $2,429–$2,536: 214 areas
- $2,536–$2,643: 221 areas
- $2,643–$2,750: 148 areas
- $2,750–$2,857: 192 areas
- $2,857–$2,964: 80 areas
- $2,964–$3,071: 82 areas
- $3,071–$3,179: 72 areas
- $3,179–$3,286: 96 areas
- $3,286–$3,393: 32 areas
- $3,393–$3,500: 211 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tweed Heads — lower than 79% of areas.
| Tweed Heads | $1,138 |
|---|---|
| 2485, NSW | $1,096 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $1,138 a week, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of $1,746. Personal weekly incomes are also a little below the Australian average at $660.
$1,138 ▲ +52.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $746
- 2016: $928
- 2021: $1,138
Median total household income per week.
$1,487 ▲ +55.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $958
- 2016: $1,221
- 2021: $1,487
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 10.4% of households making $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 25.2%. This is reflected in the personal income spread, where 44.1% of people earn under $650 weekly.
6.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Tweed Heads, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 38%, followed by Under $650 (26%) and $1,500–$2,999 (25%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Tweed Heads, the largest group is Under $650 at 49%, followed by $650–$1,499 (35%) and $1,500–$2,999 (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14002/tweed-heads/topic/income